EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2007.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-69-240.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: This rule modifies reporting requirements in order to allow for management needs specific to each area where quick reporting of salmon and/or sturgeon is required. These rules are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 26, 2007.
Loreva M. Preuss
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(a) During any Puget Sound fishery opening that is designated as "quick reporting required," per WAC 220-47-001:
(i) It is unlawful for any wholesale dealer acting in the capacity of an original receiver to fail to report all purchases of salmon and sturgeon made on the previous calendar day, or for a direct retail endorsement (DRE) holder to fail to report all salmon offered for retail sale on the previous calendar day.
(ii) The report must include dealer or DRE holder name and purchasing location; date of purchase; each fish ticket number, including alpha, used on the purchasing date; and the following catch data for each fish ticket used: Gear, catch area, number of days fished, species, number, and total weight for each species purchased.
(iii) When quick reporting is required, Puget Sound reports must be submitted by 10:00 a.m. on the day after the purchase date. Venue is the county where the submitted reports are to arrive. Reports can be submitted via fax at 360-902-2949; via e-mail at psfishtickets@dfw.wa.gov; or via phone at 1-866-791-1279. In fisheries under Fraser Panel Control within Fraser Panel Area Waters (area defined under Art. XV, Annex II, Pacific Salmon Treaty 1985), other reporting requirements not listed in this subsection may be necessary under Subpart F of the International Fisheries Regulations, 50 CRF Ch. III §300.93.
(b) During any coastal troll fishery opening that is designated by rule as "quick reporting required":
(i) It is unlawful for any wholesale dealer acting in the capacity of an original receiver to fail to report all purchases of salmon and sturgeon made on the previous calendar day, or for a direct retail endorsement (DRE) holder to fail to report all salmon offered for retail sale on the previous calendar day.
(ii) The report must include dealer or DRE holder name and purchasing location; date of purchase; each fish ticket number, including alpha, used on the purchasing date; and the following catch data for each fish ticket used: Gear, catch area, number of days fished, species, number, and total weight for each species purchased.
(iii) When quick reporting is required, coastal troll reports must be submitted by 10:00 a.m. on the day after the purchase date. Venue is the county where the reports are required to go. Reports can be made via fax at 360-902-2949; via e-mail at trollfishtickets@dfw.wa.gov; or via phone at 1-866-791-1279.
(c) During any Grays Harbor or Willapa Bay fishery opening that is designated by rule as "quick reporting required":
(i) It is unlawful for any wholesale dealer acting in the capacity of an original receiver to fail to report all purchases of salmon and sturgeon made on the previous calendar day, or for a direct retail endorsement (DRE) holder to fail to report all salmon offered for retail sale on the previous calendar day.
(ii) The report must include dealer or DRE holder name and purchasing location; date of purchase; each fish ticket number, including alpha, used on the purchasing date; and the following catch data for each fish ticket used: Gear, catch area, species, number, and total weight each species purchased.
(iii) When quick reporting is required, Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay reports must be submitted by 10:00 a.m. on the day after the purchase date. Venue is the county where the reports are required to go. Reports can be made via fax at 360-664-0689; via email at harborfishtickets@dfw.wa.gov or via phone at 1-866-791-1280.
(d) During any Columbia River fishery opening that is designated by rule as "quick reporting required":
(i) It is unlawful for any wholesale dealer acting in the capacity of an original receiver to fail to report all purchases of salmon and sturgeon, or for a direct retail endorsement (DRE) holder to fail to report all salmon offered for retail sale.
(ii) The report must include dealer or DRE holder name and purchasing location; date of purchase; each fish ticket number, including alpha, used on the purchasing date, and the following catch data for each fish ticket used: Gear, catch area, species, number, and total weight of each species purchased.
(iii) When quick reporting is required, Columbia River reports must be submitted within 5, 8, 12 or 24 hours of closure of the designated fishery. The time frame for submitting reports will be established by the department at the time of adoption of the quick reporting fishery. Adoption and communication of the quick reporting regulations for a given fishery will occur in conjunction with the adoption of said fishery through the Columbia River Compact. Venue is the county where the reports are required to go. Reports can be made via fax at 360-906-6776 or 360-906-6777; via e-mail at crfishtickets@dfw.wa.gov; or via phone at 1-866-791-1281.
(e) Faxing a copy of each fish receiving ticket used on the previous day satisfies the reporting requirement.
(f) Violation of this subsection is a gross misdemeanor, punishable under RCW 77.15.560.
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Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
Reviser's note: The unnecessary underscoring in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.